Detecting Imposters at Point of Entry Are Your Practices Sterling

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Detecting Imposters at Point of Entry Are Your
Practices Sterling ?

• Arjun Vinodrai
• World Education Services

Presented at the 2005 CLEAR Annual
Conference September 15-17 Phoenix,
Arizona
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Detecting Imposters at Point of Entry

• General Practices in Document Review
• Issues and Trends- WESs Documentation Policy
• Receiving documents directly from institutions
• Communicating with applicants
• Trends in document verification
• Reviewing incoming correspondence
• Status of Institutions
• Discussion

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Document Review Key Questions

• Does the institution exist?
• What is the status of the institution?
• Does it offer the program that is indicated on
  the document?
• Did the candidate complete the prerequisites for
  admission into the program that led to the
  credential in question?
• Is the educational history logical with respect
  to the country in question?

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pero.pp.ru
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Transcripts
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www.du.ac.in/downloads/forms/TransC.pdf
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www.juresultdirectory.org
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The Bologna Process
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Receiving Documents Directly from Institutions

• Documents must be sent directly to WES, or its
  partners (licensing bodies and academic
  institutions), by the institution for credentials
  from countries where this is common practice
• At present this is required for 162 countries
  (from Anguilla to Zimbabwe)
• Documents from countries where it is not common
  practice to send directly, are submitted for
  verification to the institution that issued them
• Requests are sent via mail, fax and e-mail
• E-Mail and Fax responses are accepted only in
  instances where it is known common practice

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Communicating with Applicants
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Document Verification
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Document Verification
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Document Verification
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New Institutions and Status of Institutions
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www.hec.gov.pk
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Bogus Institution
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• Arjun VinodraiArea SpecialistWorld Education
  Services Canada45 Charles Street East, Suite
  700Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1S2
• Tel [phone] ext 31
• E-Mail avinodra_at_wes.org
• www.wes.org/ca